Wordiness/Redundancy/Irrelevant

Multiple Choice

Which is irrelevant?

 (A) Modern Bergama is a sleepy agricultural market town in the midst of a well-watered plain. (B) There has been a town here since Trojan times. (C) Of Bergama’s four main tourists attractions, only the museum is in center of the town. (D) However, it was during the period between Alexander the Great and the Roman domination that Bergama, then called Pergamum, enjoyed its greatest prosperity. (E) At that time, it became one of the Middle East’s richest and most powerful small kingdoms.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

(A) As people age, the amount of water in the body decreases. (B) Since many drugs dissolve in water and since less water is available to dilute them, these drugs reach higher levels of concentration in the elderly. (C) Also, the kidneys are less able to excrete drugs into the urine, and the liver is less able to metabolize many drugs. (D) For these reasons, many drugs tend to stay in an elderly person’s body much longer than they would in a younger person’s body. (E) People in every civilization in recorded history have used drugs of plant and animal origin to prevent and treat disease.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

(A) Science is systematic because of the attention it gives to organizing knowledge and making it readily accessible to all who wish to build on its foundation. (B) If the results support the hypothesis, the scientist may use them to generate related hypothesis. (C) In this way science is both a personal and a social endeavor. (D) In other words, it is beneficial both to the individual and to society at large. (E) Therefore, science contributes a great deal to the improvement and the quality of human life.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

A) Many Romantic writers in Europe were preoccupied with the fact and idea of revolution. (B) For instance, in the early period of French Revolution, all the leading English Romantic were in sympathy with it. (C) In fact, they were among its most fervent adherents. (D) Through the greater part of the eighteenth century, man had been viewed a limited being in strictly ordered and essentially unchanging world. (E) Later, even after the first enthusiastic expectations had been disappointed by the events in France, the younger writers felt that its example still constituted humanity’s best hope.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

(A) Seismic waves are the vibrations from earthquakes that travel through Earth. (B) The Richter magnitude scale was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology to compare the intensity of earthquakes. (C) They are recorded on instruments called seismographs. (D) Seismographs record a zigzag trace that shows the varying amplitude of ground oscillations beneath the instrument. (E) Sensitive seismographs, which greatly magnify these ground movements, can detect strong earthquakes from sources anywhere in the world.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

(A) In the fall of 2000 and the winter of 2001, Britain was beset by a series of problems. (B) In September 2000, rising oil prices prompted protests by truck drivers and farmers who demanded a reduction in the fuel tax. (C) In November 2000, a series of unusually severe rainstorms and tornadoes caused high flooding and killed 12 people. (D) In June 2001, Blair won a second landslide victory, with the Labor Party capturing 413 seats in Parliament. (E) In February 2001, foot-and-mouth disease broke out among British livestock, prompting other countries to ban British meat import and forcing the slaughter of thousands of cattle, pigs and sheep.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

He then wrote an enthusiastic article for Strand Magazine, being in the place in which most of his Sherlock Holmes stories had first appeared, and later wrote a book on the subject titled The Coming of the Fairies.

• No Change

• in which the magazine where

• in which

• being where

Multiple Choice

She worked for thirty years as a teacher and librarian in the field of education in Baltimore public schools.

Which of the following words or phrases from the preceding sentence is LEAST necessary and could therefore be deleted?

• thirty

• and librarian

• in the field of education

• Baltimore public

Multiple Choice

Over many weeks, as time goes by, her collection slowly grows: clay bowls, cups, vases, and sculptures fill the studio.

• NO CHANGE

• with the passing of time

• gradually,

• OMIT the underlined portion

Multiple Choice

I think maybe I might possibly have met them all.

NO CHANGE

perhaps I’ve

I’ve possibly

I’ve

• NO CHANGE

• perhaps I've

• I've possibly

• I've

Multiple Choice

After the defeat, my coach patted us all on the back, reminding us that there are no true wins without losing.

• losing games too.

• losses

• losing games, as well.

• losing a few games.

Multiple Choice

He also began to calculate annual tables of yearly sets of astronomical data, which became the basis for almanacs published under his name from 1792 through 1797.

NO CHANGE

covering a year’s worth

about twelve months

OMIT the underlined portion

• NO CHANGE

• covering a year's worth

• about twelve months

• OMIT the underlined portion